Thursday, 5 March 2009

Who doesn’t love a hearty pudding? I think puddings were made for chilly winter days but then again I could easily eat them come sunshine, rain or snow! I had 2 small ripe bananas left in the fruit bowl after making the muffins yesterday and I knew exactly where to put them to good use! I had the perfect recipe in mind and one I had remembered seeing in Rachel’s Favourite Food at Home (just loving this book). This recipe is originally from Bill Granger’s book, Simply Bill but features in Rachel’s book, as she adores this pudding and I can see why!! This self-saucing, all in one pudding is baked until the sponge has risen and set, while underneath is hiding a luscious sticky sauce. If you fancy something sweet, sticky and utterly yummy, you can’t go wrong with this pudding, especially served with good-quality vanilla ice cream.

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4).Sift the flour, salt, sugar, baking and powder into a bowl.Add the mashed banana, milk, butter, egg and vanilla extract and whisk together until well combined.Pour into a greased 1.25 litre baking dish.

To make the topping, place the brown sugar, golden syrup and water in a small pot and bring to a boil.Pour the boiling mixture carefully over the pudding, then bake for 30-40 minutes or until cooked through when tested with a skewer.Serve with vanilla ice cream.

14 comments:

Mmmmmm, that looks so good Maria! I've always meant to make this pudding, but I've never gotten round to it. I think I'll have to give it a go :) p.s I've just gotta tell you I made the banana crumble cake from your blog and OMG!! It is delicious! My husband just loved it, so thank u for blogging about it! :)

Well Maria, your goodies are always such a delight to the senses, and this one is no different. Even tho it's being baked over the pond, I can almost taste the sweet, gooey and delicious sweetness of it. I'll definitely give this one a go! Pattyxo

I have this recipe in the oven now-the batter tasted great. I used an 8 x 8 pan hoping it was roughly equivalent to 1.25 liters. I am also hoping that when you say "syrup" in the UK you mean the same thing we do in the US-pancake type syrup. I had maple cinnamon flavor on hand. Will let you know how it turns out. This was certainly subject to some error on my part using a scale instead of measuring cups for my ingredients...Amy

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My name is Maria and reside in Surrey, UK. I'm a full time domestic goddess (thanks to my hard working hubby), wife and mother (I love my work). I'm also a nannie to my beautiful grandson called Ollie, who I just love to bits! My other babies are my 2 beautiful but spoilt kitties, Madison and Coco. My passion is cooking and baking and my kitchen is my sanctuary. I love being able to share my love and joy of food with my family, friends and fellow foodie bloggers. I confess to having a "slight" amazon addiction and love to browse and buy beautiful cookbooks and own over 200 cookbooks, a collection which grows regularly!